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Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty. - Aristotle A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. - Francis Bacon By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior. - Francis Bacon Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. - Francis Bacon, Of Revenge The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share. - Honore de Balzac Women do most delight in revenge. - Sir Thomas Browne, Christian Morals (part III, sec. XII) Sweet is revenge--especially to women. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Don Juan (canto I, st. 124) Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat. - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (3), on rejoining the Conservatives 20 years after leaving the Liberals 'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury. - Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. - Paul Gauguin Revenge is profitable. - Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (ch. XI) The odds are against getting even with people because the odds are they'll get even with you. - Robert Half It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey. - Homer ("Smyrns of Chios"), The Iliad (XVIII, 109) Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong. - Homer ("Smyrns of Chios"), The Odyssey (bk. VIII, l. 367), (Pope's translation) Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools. [Lat., At vindicta bonum vita jucundius ipsa nempe hoc indocti.] - Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal), Satires (XIII, 180) Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. [Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas Ultio.] - Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal), Satires (XIII, 189) No one rejoices more in revenge than woman. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet quam foemina.] - Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal), Satires (XIII, 191) Which, if not victory, is yet revenge. - John Milton, Paradise Lost (bk. II, l. 105) Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils. - John Milton, Paradise Lost (bk. IX, l. 171) I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged. [Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je ne t'aie vu pendu.] - Moliere (pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin), Le Medecin Malgre Lui (III, 9) One sole desire, one passion now remains To keep life's fever still within his veins, Vengeance! dire vengeance on the wretch who cast O'er him and all he lov'd that ruinous blast. - Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh--The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan Not to be provoked is best; but if moved, never correct till the fume is spent; for every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last. - William Penn Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.] - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia), Fables--Appendix (VI, 11) All the old knives That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours. - Adrienne Rich Displaying page 1 of 2 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2
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